UT Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Health Resources announced a major alliance that will create one of the largest health care networks in the state.
Madlin Mekelburg
Madlin Mekelburg was a reporting fellow for the Tribune in 2015 and 2016. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied journalism and French. Madlin previously worked at the Houston Chronicle as both a metro intern in Houston and as an intern in their Austin bureau covering the Texas Legislature.
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Cost at Issue for New Cholesterol Fighting Drugs
Two drugs that were approved by the FDA last summer have been rejected in large numbers by Express Scripts, the largest pharmacy benefits manager in the U.S., which says many patients do not qualify for the drugs.
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The Brief: Oct. 9, 2015
The former Democratic gubernatorial candidate confirms that she’s working on a pilot for a show that would be loosely based on her life.
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The Brief: Oct. 8, 2015
Some members of the State Board of Education are suggesting that reaction was overblown to a caption in a social studies textbook that described Africans caught in the Atlantic slave trade as “workers.”
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The Brief: Oct. 7, 2015
The Tribune’s latest investigative project — a documentary-style series called “God & Governing” — kicks off this morning with a focus on the role of religious beliefs on state lawmakers.
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The Q&A: Richard Seline
In this week’s Q&A, we interview Richard Seline, the executive director and senior advisor at AccelerateH2O.
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The Bookshelf: Oct. 7, 2015
In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights A River Runs Again.
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The Brief: Oct. 6, 2015
A new controversy has flared over a state-approved social studies textbook, this time spurred by a parent angered by the text’s description of the Atlantic slave trade as something that “brought millions of workers from Africa to the southern United States.”
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The Brief: Oct. 5, 2015
GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz shows no hesitancy in throwing some sharp elbows at the establishment as senator but that could have consequences for his future effectiveness as senator.
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The Brief: Oct. 2, 2015
The head of the Health and Human Services Commission announced that he will preserve access to care even if it means the state doesn’t achieve the full $100 million in budgeted savings to the program.